Iran exports over $5bn worth of non-oil commodities in two months
Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) says the Islamic Republic has exported a total of USD 5.393 billion worth of non-oil commodities during the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2015).
According to a report released by TPOI, the high exports figure does not include exports of gas condensate and various services by Iran, showing that the country has already realized 10 percent of the exports goal it has set for the current year.
The report added that if condensate exports were taken into account, the value of Iran's non-oil exports during the same period would hit USD 7.861 billion.
According to the organization, total volume of Iran's non-oil exports is expected to hit USD 55 billion by the end of the year.
The report also noted that liquefied propane, pitch, film-grade polyethylene, liquefied hydrocarbons, liquefied butane, methanol, urea, as well as iron and steel products were major non-oil commodities exported by Iran during the aforesaid period.
China, Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, India, and Afghanistan were main destinations for Iran's non-oil exports during the first two months of the year, accounting for 73.5 percent of those exports.
Turkey, Pakistan, Italy and Oman were other important markets for Iran's non-oil exports.
Earlier in April, Iran’s deputy minister of industry, mine and trade, Valiyollah Afkhami, said the country’s non-oil exports rose by 19 percent during the last Iranian calendar year (ended March 20) compared to the preceding year.
Pointing to the boom in Iran’s service exports in such sectors as tourism, engineering, and transit, the official added that the Islamic Republic is able to further increase the export of these services.
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